UK Economy Statistics

Thought that posting some statistics about UK to see how it is currently performing would be a decent idea for the first entry. So, off we go.

CPI 2008 - 3.8%

CPI (17th Feb 2009) - 3.0%

Bank of England interest rate (5th Feb 2009) - 1.0%

Unemployment rate 2008 - 5.5%

Unemployment rate - 6.3% (+0.4% in Q4 2008)

GDP 2008 - $2.787 trillion

GDP (PPP) 2008 - $2.279 trillion

GDP real growth rate 2008 - 1.1%

GDP per capita (PPP) 2008 - $37,400

GDP composition by sector 2008 - agriculture: 0.9%

industry: 22.8%

services: 76.2%

Investment (gross fixed) 2008: 16.7% of GDP

Fiscal year - 6th April - 5th April

Budget - revenues: $1.107 trillion

expenditures: $1.242 trillion

Current account balance 2008: -$72.54 billion

Exports 2008 - $468.7 billion

Imports 2008 - $645.7 billion

Think these are the most important ones. Hope you will find them useful. Feel free to leave any comments if anything has sparked your mind while browsing through all these numbers.

Cheers,

John A6